New research that microplastics absorb more sunlight than they reflect, significantly heating the Earth's atmosphere.

SNOLAB experiment, located deep in a nickel mine, aims to detect signs of dark matter particles passing through the Earth.

A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age—known as Snowball Earth. During the ...

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An agreement on the third implementation phase of Destination Earth (DestinE), the European Commission's initiative to develop a highly accurate digital twin of Earth, has been signed between the ...

Christina Koch made history this week, becoming the first woman to travel around the moon. The NASA astronaut’s lunar flyby wasn’t her first groundbreaking moment: Koch also holds the record for the ...